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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-12-14 16:38:43 -0500
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2011-12-15 11:28:24 -0500
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Add a fix for the buf_pullup bug that Vektor reported
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+ o Major bugfixes:
+ - Fix a heap overflow bug that could occur when trying to pull
+ data into the first chunk of a buffer, when that chunk had
+ already had some data drained from it. Fixes CVE-2011-2778;
+ bugfix on 0.2.0.16-alpha. Reported by "Vektor".
+